Reminds Me of Home

My parents in Cleveland use this wheel-spinny doohicky to tell the gas meter reading person what they should be charged, since their meter is in the basement. You check your meter, set the appropriate levels for each gauge, and hang this card on your door via a little suction cup or magnet.

It always struck me as odd that the meters weren't designed and built to be in the front yard near the sidewalk, at easy eye level where the meter reader could walk down the block and take readings, avoiding angry dogs, locked gates, landmines and etc - I mean, putting the meter in the basement? That's not efficient at all.

It won't be long until all of our meters will be tweeting their readings directly back to the utility, and the wheel-spinny doohickies will be no more.

One for the mantelpiece

My Sister-In-Law works at a photo studio called Sadie's - they specialize in children's photography, but they also do something called a "Belly Shot" - - which is when a pregnant woman and her adoring baby daddy come in together to get a photo or 10 of the squirmy critter while it's still trapped inside.

Here's an example I found online:
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How cute! So sweet.
That tattoo is gonna get all kinds of blurry, I can tell you that.

Now, Sadie's also does seasonal and holiday shots, and I have to wonder what the possibilities are for Halloween Themed Belly Shots...
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There are so many possibilities with Photoshop... I'm completely unskilled, so this is the best I could come up with in 10 minutes. A really skilled person could do wonders - a face or a hand could appear to be pressing its way out of the womb, or maybe a little flesh-window with little feet sticking out (as you would sneak your toes out from under the blanket when they get too warm).

The possibilities are fiendish and endless!
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